Jeremiah 32

This morning I was reading Jeremiah 32. At first I was a little confused. Jeremiah had been prophesying all these huge things like God was going to destroy Jerusalem if people didn't repent of their sins. Then as the destruction that he prophesied before was happening and it looked like all of Jerusalem was going to be completely destroyed and ruined, God tells Jeremiah that his Uncle is going to come to him and try to sell his land to Jeremiah. It seemed way out of place since the whole city was under attack by a very powerful army and it was being destroyed as all this was happening. So Jeremiah buys land that is worthless and I had no clue why, until I read on.

In verse 27 God says "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?". Finally it all came together. God had promised that he would bring all his people back and rebuild the city after it was destroyed. I'm sure that at the time of its invasion, it looked hopeless. Everybody I'm sure wanted to salvage what they could and get out, never expecting to return. But Jeremiah trusted God (and I'm sure got a bargain on some sweet land). Jeremiah believed that God was powerful enough to do what He said he would do, even when it looks like He never will.

Spending time with my family has been somewhat difficult. It is hard trying to have any spiritual discussion with my family. At times it has felt completely hopeless that anybody in my family will ever get saved, but this reminded me to trust God. Nothing is too hard for Him, indeed, His hand is not too short to save. Please pray for my family, I dearly desire each person to be saved.